NBDA Board
The NBDA Board of Directors is comprised of the following: four (4) Executive Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer; four (4) Regional Representative for NBDA Regions of Eastern, Midwestern, Southern, and Southwestern; and two (2) Appointed Board Members for special expertise. The Executive Officers are elected in an odd year at the biennial NBDA national conference while the Regional Representatives are elected in an even year at their respective regional conferences. Both Officers and Regional Representatives serve two-year term.
Executive Board
Ex-Officio Member
All Standing Committees
Program & Committee Oversight
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Archives Program
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Black Deaf Senior Citizens Program
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Scholarships (NBDA & Partners)
Benro Ogunyipe, M.P.A.
President
Illinois, 2011-2013 Term
president@nbda.org
Chair, NBDA Board of Directors
Program & Committee Oversight
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Bylaws Committee (Chair)
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Collegiate Black Deaf Student Leadership Institute
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Youth Empowerment Summit
Cory Parker
Vice President
North Carolina, 2011-2013 Term
vicepresident@nbda.org
Program & Committee Oversight
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Media & Communications Committee (Chair)
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Membership Committee (Chair)
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Miss Black Deaf America Pageant
Sharon D. White
Secretary
Kentucky, 2011-2013 Term
secretary@nbda.org
Program & Committee Oversight
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Finance Committee (Chair)
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Fundraising Committee
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Miss Black Deaf America Pageant
Betty Henderson
Treasurer
Pennsylvania, 2011-2013 Term
treasurer@nbda.org
Regional Representatives
Kimberly Lucas
Eastern Regional Representative
New York, 2012-2014 Term
EasternRegion@nbda.org
Dale Moore
Midwestern Regional Representative
Michigan, 2012-2014 Term
MidwesternRegion@nbda.org
Patrick Robinson
Southern Regional Representative
Alabama, 2012-2014 Term
SouthernRegion@nbda.org
Tanya Brown
Southwestern Regional Representative
Louisiana, 2012-2014 Term
SouthwesternRegion@nbda.org
Appointed Board Members
Dr. Glenn Anderson
Regional Advisor & Board Member
Arkansas
Lindsay Dunn
Board Member
Maryland